It's Real! The New 2018 Suzuki RM-Z450

reded wrote:

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NVA57 wrote:

I hope it's the all new Suzuki and not just their race bikes for this season.

Speeder757 wrote:

Moderator's note: The livestream unveil was hosted and has the recorded version on the site: http://www.vitalmx.com/news/news/Livestream-2018-Suzuki-RM-Z450-Unveil,4221 [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/02/03/173634/s1200_firstlookRMZ18.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/02/02/173419/s1200_IMG_1734.jpg[/img] Looks like the new 2018 RMZ450 will be...

Moderator's note: The livestream unveil was hosted and has the recorded version on the site: http://www.vitalmx.com/news/news/Livestream-2018-Suzuki-RM-Z450-Unveil,…





Looks like the new 2018 RMZ450 will be announced tomorrow with a Facebook Livestream.
Anyone know what the WS stands for in RMZ450WS?

Dinosaur Media wrote:

That is what I think it is - just the new race bikes - when have we seen new year model introduced in February?

NVA57 wrote:

I hope it's the all new Suzuki and not just their race bikes for this season.

Dinosaur Media wrote:

That is what I think it is - just the new race bikes - when have we seen new year model introduced in February?

fullfloater wrote:

Hopefully this goes better than the Geico hat announcement.

NVA57 wrote:

I hope it's the all new Suzuki and not just their race bikes for this season.

Dinosaur Media wrote:

That is what I think it is - just the new race bikes - when have we seen new year model introduced in February?

Motofinne wrote:

Well they could do an "KTM", or "Honda last year". Race the next years bike now. Bobryshev raced the 2017 Honda the last few races in...

Well they could do an "KTM", or "Honda last year". Race the next years bike now.


Bobryshev raced the 2017 Honda the last few races in 2016. Todd Waters raced the 2016 Husqvarna in 2015 etc.

NVA57 wrote:

I hope it's the all new Suzuki and not just their race bikes for this season.

Dinosaur Media wrote:

That is what I think it is - just the new race bikes - when have we seen new year model introduced in February?

Motofinne wrote:

Well they could do an "KTM", or "Honda last year". Race the next years bike now. Bobryshev raced the 2017 Honda the last few races in...

Well they could do an "KTM", or "Honda last year". Race the next years bike now.


Bobryshev raced the 2017 Honda the last few races in 2016. Todd Waters raced the 2016 Husqvarna in 2015 etc.

fullfloater wrote:

Hopefully this goes better than the Geico hat announcement.

Thisusernameisavailable wrote:

Team bikes or not, you'll be looking at the '18 production bike (in principle) anyway. Suzuki have done that many many times over the years- the...

Team bikes or not, you'll be looking at the '18 production bike (in principle) anyway.
Suzuki have done that many many times over the years- the team ride the 'new' model the previous year to it being available to buy...

Everts 1992
Bervoets 1995
Pichon 2000
Smets/Leok 2004
Not sure they did in 2007 with the new bike being out in 2008...

Each of those years above, these riders raced the pre-prod new model for the following year. I expect exactly the same this year.

Olson wrote:

Factory RM-Z450WS, what is going on there.

Olson wrote:

Factory RM-Z450WS, what is going on there.

Fearo wrote:

European (Japanese) factory teams always add letters after the displacement number, for whatever reason. I believe the kawi is a KX450SR and Honda calls theirs the...

European (Japanese) factory teams always add letters after the displacement number, for whatever reason.
I believe the kawi is a KX450SR and Honda calls theirs the CR450RW

Olson wrote:

Factory RM-Z450WS, what is going on there.

Fearo wrote:

European (Japanese) factory teams always add letters after the displacement number, for whatever reason. I believe the kawi is a KX450SR and Honda calls theirs the...

European (Japanese) factory teams always add letters after the displacement number, for whatever reason.
I believe the kawi is a KX450SR and Honda calls theirs the CR450RW

Tpog496 wrote:

SR is Special Race I think and RW is Race Works. Don't quote me I'm half guessing.

Olson wrote:

Factory RM-Z450WS, what is going on there.

Fearo wrote:

European (Japanese) factory teams always add letters after the displacement number, for whatever reason. I believe the kawi is a KX450SR and Honda calls theirs the...

European (Japanese) factory teams always add letters after the displacement number, for whatever reason.
I believe the kawi is a KX450SR and Honda calls theirs the CR450RW

Tpog496 wrote:

SR is Special Race I think and RW is Race Works. Don't quote me I'm half guessing.

planetstar291 wrote:

Quote from Stribos on MX Large interview. "There were rumours about racing at Hawkstone Park with a completely new bike, maybe Model year 2018? Can you...

Quote from Stribos on MX Large interview.
"There were rumours about racing at Hawkstone Park with a completely new bike, maybe Model year 2018? Can you tell us something? If yes, have you already tested it?

"I can’t tell a lot about that but we will unveil the bike friday before hawkstone park. I’m very excited to show it. Yeah we tested the bike straight after the MXON and it feels different, a lot lighter, even easier to handle…
We will still need some time to test it more but i can’t wait to ride it. Just wait and see."

DC323 wrote:

Well, just going off what vague details of the bike you can see in the picture, it looks to at least have new bodywork.